The pro-Kremlin party won the parliamentary elections in Russia again. The results

The pro-Kremlin party won the parliamentary elections in Russia again. Exit-poll results United Russia, the pro-Kremlin party, won control of the elections for the State Duma, according to exit-poll results from Sunday, cited by AFP. The results published by the Center for Public Opinion Research (VCIOM) of the Russian state place United Russia at 49.4%, a score similar to that obtained in the 2021 election. The Communist Party is credited with 14.2% of the votes, while nationalists from the Liberal-Democrat Party (LDPR) are placed at a score of 10.7%. United Russia won every round of parliamentary elections since 2003, according to Euronews. From Friday to Sunday, Russians were expected at the polls to elect the 450 deputies of the State Duma, as well as regional deputies and governors from 11 regions. However, in Russia, the ability of citizens to vote is actually extremely limited, according to experts quoted by the independent publication The Moscow Times. The electoral programs of the main parties are, in large part, similar and largely support the Kremlin's policies. The elections in Russia, reported by the Council of Europe On Friday, the dialogue platform with the democratic forces of the European Parliament (EP) declared that the Russian parliamentary election is a "simulation of elections that will give birth to an artificial parliament" which should not be recognized by the international community. On Friday, a spokesperson for the European Commission (EC), Christian Wigand, complained about the "systematic and institutionalized repression" that takes place during the legislative elections in Russia. In the case of Russians in exile, who went to vote in the countries where they settled, the state of mind was marked by resignation and optimism. Former Russian deputy Boris Nadezhdin, who was not allowed to run against Vladimir Putin in 2024, stated that it is important for Russians to go to vote "even in these deformed elections," in an interview given to the HotNews audience. "It is important to go to elections. Even in these deformed elections in Russia," stated Nadezhdin, who is now in exile in France.